Short Organizational Assessment SurveyThis tool will help you “measure your organization's critical thinking effectiveness” in a very short time, through 11 multiple-choice questions. After having completed the online assessment, you will obtain a free report suggesting concrete actions to undertake to improve the problem solving capabilities of your company, your department, or your team.

Video - The Predictive Index® (PI®) behavioral assessmentProcess improves effectiveness and productivity across all levels of your organization. As a practical, reliable indicator of workplace behavior, the Predictive Index® assessment helps you make sound, people-smart hiring decisions — with the best results for the company, and for the people themselves

Online Course Effective and Creative Evaluation Report Writing In this course, students will learn best practices for effective and creative report writing specific to evaluation reports. Learning points and practical exercises are combined to develop skills in putting together an effective and engaging evaluation report.

BetterEvaluation Rainbow Framework A tool that organizes evaluation options by task. The evaluation options include methods and strategies and are split into seven clusters. The Rainbow Framework can help evaluators plan an evaluation by prompting them to think about each of the tasks and to select a package of methods and strategies that cover all the tasks. You can access recordings of the webinars, copies of the presentation slides, and a handy take away overview of evaluation methods and options, through the links below.

Process, Process, Process: The evaluation model you shouldn’t ignore In a nonprofit's toolkit, evaluation is key for making meaningful adjustments that cultivate success. As nonprofits, we are expected to be accountable to our boards, our staff, our funders, our partners, and most importantly, our clients or constituents. Among the many ways that we can demonstrate accountability is through evaluation of our programs, interventions, and services. But for those with limited resources, taking time out for thorough evaluation can feel like too much for too little reward. Too often, the results of evaluation can end with everyone asking, "So what?" or "Now what?"…

PowerCheckAnew planning and assessment tool for gauging readiness to succeed in community organizing and helps organizations to plan, implement, and track progress on their organizing work. Community organizing can be a complex process. To be successful, it’s important to prepare for success by understanding an organization’s readiness to engage and empower constituents. PowerCheck can help organizers – from beginners to the most sophisticated –better prepare for catalyzing community organizing efforts. In one hour or less, an organization can answer questions online about skills, expertise, gaps, and the resources available to successfully engage in community organizing work. PowerCheck generates immediate results, letting organizations and coalitions know where and how to focus resources and what types of partnerships to seek out to help build a plan to move forward

The Canadian Evaluation Society Competencies for Canadian Evaluation Practice (2018) provides a suite of competencies for evaluation work in Canada. Competencies are defined as "the background, knowledge, skills, and dispositions program evaluators need to achieve standards that constitute sound evaluations." (Stevahn et al, 2005) [1]. The Competencies were developed through research, member consultation and expert validation processes that were conducted in 2008 and 2009 to fit the Canadian context. In 2017-18, the Competencies Review Working Group updated the Competencies to respond to evolution of the field; it also took this opportunity to streamline and clarify the competency statements. While the Competencies were developed as part of the Credentialing Program of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES), they provide a much broader foundation for the evaluation community…

Webinar from Tom Chapel and the CDC Learning to Love Logic Model Logic models are often the target of jokes, but this logic model webinar from the CDC's Chief Evaluation Officer, Tom Chapel, will remind you of their purpose--that "form follows function" and that the value of the logic model is in practicality and customization. Also, they can be fun! Especially in cupcake form!

The Evaluation Glossary App was developed by Kylie Hutchinson of Community Solutions Planning & Evaluation. It combines over 600 terms related to evaluation, program planning, and research derived from various sources.

Book - A Short Primer on Innovative Evaluation ReportingHow engaging is your evaluation report? Do stakeholders actually read it? Will they remember the findings and act on your recommendations afterwards? Evaluators everywhere struggle with these questions. Unfortunately, many still use a lengthy, one-size fits all approach for reporting that doesn’t always meet the needs of diverse evaluation audiences

Methods and Methodology How toGuides for researchers The study of research methods is not only an essential requirement for social scientists, it is also vital for anyone looking to succeed in business and management. Stay informed on the basics, and familiarize yourself with recent developments and trends in research techniques

Evaluate for Change’s data focused specialized certificate program is for social sector professionals. The 3-module course has been specially curated by their highly experienced faculty, and optimally designed to give individuals and organizations a strong foundation in the fields of monitoring, evaluation, and impact assessment, as well as access to the right tools and resources need they need to succeed in this ever evolving 21st century as thought leaders, professionals, and consultants. The one (1) year certificate program has been carefully structured to bring enable you learn best practices in utilizing evaluation to improve your overall organizational outcomes, and boost their internal efficiency.

Alberta & NWT Chapter of the Canadian Evaluation Society (CES) launch Evaluation Café Alberta They are pleased to announce the launch of Evaluation Café Alberta, an opportunity for informal networking and knowledge sharing for professionals and students in the field of program evaluation. It's a chance to meet new people, share ideas and build a sense of community among evaluators in the province. Anyone who is engaged in the field of program evaluation as a practitioner, user or student is welcome to attend. All you need to do is go to our Meetup group: to join in the fun.

Help improve organizational performance and to recognize excellence within Canadian companies and non-profits. Excellence Canada has created a uniquely Canadian model, providing measurable standards for all Canadian organizations.

The Mystery of Mixing Methods Despite significant progress on mixed methods approaches, their application continues to be (partly) shrouded in mystery, and the concept itself can be subject to misuse. By Jos Vaessen.

The website allows easy access to a growing database of international research focused on accreditation and external evaluation. The site promotes collaboration by sharing the latest research and best practices.

Improving performanceHow to monitor and evaluate your organisation's performance and its quality. Monitoring and evaluationGuidance on how to effectively monitor and evaluate the activities of your non profit or charitable organization. QualityInformation on quality standards, approaches and assessments, and how to plan and learn from them.Risk Assessment Video’s Whether you are a CEO or team leader, this free toolkit will help you identify potential risks to your organisation. Based on your answers to the self-assessment questions, the toolkit will identify where you may have some weaknesses while also providing practical advice about getting to grips with the problem. Topic Include Volunteers and lone workingStakeholder Analysis This comprehensive overview includes a downloadable power/interest matrix that plots stakeholder power on the vertical axis and stakeholder interest on the horizontal axis. Each stakeholder will fall into one of the zones within the matrix, determining the appropriate course of action. These zones are ‘monitor’, ‘keep satisfied’, ‘keep informed’ or ‘encourage and influence’...

Organizational Capacity Assessment Tool (OCAT)Is a free online tool that helps non profits assess their operational capacity and identify strengths and areas for improvement. The tool is free of charge. It is an in-depth, online survey that allows the Board, leadership and staff of a non-profit to measure how well their organization performs against best practices.

A news service focusing on developments in monitoring and evaluation methods relevant to development programmes with social development objectives. The focus of this website is on methods of monitoring and evaluating the progress and outcomes of development aid programs, big and small. But many of the methods discussed are also relevant to the practice of evaluation when applied to policies and programs implemented by government and organisations in any country. If you want to talk with others about monitoring and evaluation then join the M&E NEWS email list (hosted by Yahoo). It has more than 2500 members worldwide. Once you join you can also search the archives holding more than 4600 past postings plus hundreds of documents.

A comprehensive needs assessment is the critical first step a coalition or organization must take in order to develop an effective and successful underage drinking prevention effort. This "Community How To Guide on Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning," details the elements of a needs assessment. Beginning with data, the booklet walks the reader through the process organizations must follow to obtain all the information they will need to determine the exact causes of underage drinking and the appropriate solutions to those problems.

This Readiness Assessment Toolwas developed, based on information from: “lessons learned”, in-depth consultations with Regions and Agencies, literature review and OBSD documents. Representatives from contracted agencies, Child and Family Service Authorities (CFSAs) and the Department have contributed significantly to its development. The Tool is intended to facilitate transition to OBSD and can be used by a range of stakeholders. It is designed to bring evidence-informed approaches into planning and implementation.

PerformWell is a collaborative effort initiated by Urban Institute, Child Trends, and Social Solutions. PerformWell provides measurement tools and practical knowledge that human services professionals can use to manage their programs’ day-to-day performance. Information in PerformWell leverages research-based findings that have been synthesized and simplified by experts in the field. By providing information and tools to measure program quality and outcomes, PerformWell helps human services practitioners deliver more effective social programs. Read more about Performance Management.

CIDA's Organizational Assessment GuidePrepared by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)'s Evaluation Division Performance and Knowledge Management Branch and by Universalia, this "Organizational Assessment Guide" (2006) intends to guide and facilitate carrying OAs. It provides a "common framework for consistent application and guidelines for achieving an organization's capacities, its 'track record' in demonstrating performance, its ability to function effectively within its external environment.It is intended for use by Agency staff and consultants involved in the performance of organizational assessments. This easy-to-follow reference sets out a consistent and comprehensive approach to organizational assessment planning and design, implementation, reporting and the sharing of results.Help organizations improve their performance by using Organizational Assessment (OA).Your Introductory Guide to OAOA Frameworks

Evaluation Tool BasketDesigned to help programs and organizations complete their own internal evaluation. The tools are written in plain-language and there are numerous tools included so that each program or organization can choose which ones are relevant to them. The RRC is also available for consultation.

This page lists FREE resources.The focus is on "how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other methods. Most of these links are to resources that can be read over the web. Also included are links to information about human research protection practices, research codes and guidelines, rights of the public, and others related to protection.

The Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT)A 146-question online survey that measures a nonprofit organization's effectiveness in relation to four core capacities—leadership, adaptability, management, and technical capacities—as well as organizational culture. Additionally, the tool helps organizations identify their lifecycle stage and provides a real-time findings report, a prioritized capacity-building plan, and the technology to generate self-selected benchmark reports from a national database of 2500+ nonprofits If you've taken TCC Group's Core Capacity Assessment Tool (CCAT), you already know that it is a comprehensive, valid, and reliable resource for organizational planning, capacity building, and research. But, did also you know that when taken more than once, the CCAT can serve as a tool for ongoing assessment? Hundreds of nonprofits and funders have used the CCAT to measure organizational progress, focus efforts, and advance their mission

Evaluation for Leaders is a short course designed to show leaders how to better use evaluation in their day-to-day decision making. The course has seven units and each unit takes five to ten minutes to view.

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